RE: The Adam & Eve Myth - Origins
July 2, 2019 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2019 at 1:10 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 30, 2019 at 9:52 am)Fierce Wrote:Not even remotely. There isn’t a mythos on earth that doesn’t have a “first man/first woman” story that relates human beings to primordial nature and their (then) current state of affairs. The Adam and Eve story is bog standard in that set. Moving briskly from the first two humans wild in paradise to an agricultural existence filled with pain and struggle. The summary is that they found themselves and then gave birth to the human condition ( as the authors knew it).(May 27, 2019 at 7:57 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: I'm seeking information on whether or not the biblical Adam & Eve story was derived from earlier myths, such a Babylonian or Sumerian creation stories. Please include citations and or links. Thank you.
Adam and Eve seem to be purely a Judeo-Christian concept.
From what I can gather, origins in religions predating the unholy trinity did not revolve around one man and one woman. Rather, the gods were of more importance.
If it were written today it would go something like “Johnny knocked sally up and had to get a McJob “
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